# I'm getting a pop up asking me for a password **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 26, 2010, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618 "2010-06-26T18:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/21 "2010-06-26T21:12:58Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I’ve reported this situation. Not sure when/what might happen, it is a fine weekend in June, after all. Please be patient. 🙂 It isn’t really changing the quality of my life, so I’m not complaining - but I’m chiming in to let TPTB know that I’ve seen it too. (Although only once so far.) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/22 "2010-06-26T22:53:51Z")
I haven’t seen it yet, so I’ll cross that river when I get to it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/23 "2010-06-26T23:12:22Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I haven’t seen it yet, so I’ll cross that river when I get to it. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/24 "2010-06-26T23:27:21Z")
I got one (in Japanese) when I opened this thread. Safari here. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/25 "2010-06-26T23:49:14Z")
_Alea jacta est!_ (If that’s not the password for the Rubicon Project, it **should** be!) ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/26 "2010-06-26T23:53:51Z")
I’m getting it too, on Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/27 "2010-06-26T23:55:56Z")
I got it three times here, I’m using Firefox. I googled “[tap.rubiconproject.com](http://tap.rubiconproject.com)” and found a link to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/28 "2010-06-27T00:22:24Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I haven’t seen it yet, so I’ll cross that river when I get to it. [Screen shot.](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4736579729_d5fb578735_b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Meme\_Chose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Meme\_Chose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meme_Chose)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/29 "2010-06-27T00:29:55Z")
Before this evening, i had not seen it. Now, we’re old pals. It has come up 3 or 4 times, always when i’m opening a thread i haven’t previously viewed. I’m using Safari 4. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/30 "2010-06-27T00:36:58Z")
I’ve gotten it 3 times in a half hour of being on the Dope. Using Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/31 "2010-06-27T00:36:59Z")
It’s http authorization dialog. I got it earlier, and thought I had malware or something until I noticed it was only this site. The add prolly tries to load some file that the public doesn’t have access to. A local fix would be to [add this line to your hosts file](http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/edit-the-windows-vista-hosts-file/) 127.0.0.1 [tap.rubiconproject.com](http://tap.rubiconproject.com) That’ll block future pop ups because it’ll override the DNS setting and point [tap.rubiconproject.com](http://tap.rubiconproject.com) to your computer, disabling it. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/32 "2010-06-27T00:47:49Z")
Yes, three times in the past five minutes. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/33 "2010-06-27T01:42:33Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > It’s http authorization dialog. I got it earlier, and thought I had malware or something until I noticed it was only this site. The add prolly tries to load some file that the public doesn’t have access to. > > A local fix would be to [add this line to your hosts file](http://maximumpcguides.com/windows-vista/edit-the-windows-vista-hosts-file/) > > 127.0.0.1 [tap.rubiconproject.com](http://tap.rubiconproject.com) > > That’ll block future pop ups because it’ll override the DNS setting and point [tap.rubiconproject.com](http://tap.rubiconproject.com) to your computer, disabling it. Aw, you beat me to it! I got sidetracked checking my overly full mailbox. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/34 "2010-06-27T03:18:38Z")
I’ve been getting it the whole damn day! TPTB, you have got a seriously fucked up ad-feed from “the rubicon project”. You want to keep them as an “ad supplier”, then you are seriously pissing off your customers! Do with that what you will… ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/35 "2010-06-27T14:08:57Z")
I haven’t been having problems with rubicon, but in case other Canucks are, it looks to me like there might be some country-dependent code in there. When I do a _view source_ I see references to http: //tap- **cdn**.rubiconproject .com (link intentionally broken) so if any Canucks are having problems they might want to put 127.0.0.1 tap- **cdn**.rubiconproject.com in their hosts file as well ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/36 "2010-06-27T16:19:00Z")
I’m starting to develop the sneaking suspicion that many of the technical problems people have been having with the board of late are the result of the fact that the people running “The Rubicon Project” have “mad skillz” that are a little less than “1337”. The number of complaint threads in ATMB has seemed to jump immensely beginning immediately after the thread announcing the board’s association with TRP. ---
**Author:** ![Properties\_of\_Iron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7cd45c/32.png) [@Properties\_of\_Iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Properties_of_Iron)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/37 "2010-07-02T18:44:43Z")
I got another one of these today from Kaiser Permanente. Anybody else seen this? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/38 "2010-07-04T13:22:47Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Anyone else getting this? > The URL said something about rubiconproject. I’ll try to get a screen shot next time it happens. In Window, go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc and edit the Hosts file. Add this line: 127.0.0.1 [rubiconproject.com](http://rubiconproject.com) Loading spammers and ad servers into Hosts is a great way to keep them from slowing down your system and tracking you. [See this site](http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm) for a great discussion and to download a pre-loaded Hosts file. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/39 "2010-07-04T14:39:04Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve been getting it the whole damn day! TPTB, you have got a seriously fucked up ad-feed from “the rubicon project”. You want to keep them as an “ad supplier”, then you are seriously pissing off your customers! Do with that what you will… They’re probably pissing off their own customers, too. Every time an error like that pops up, it’s an ad or something the advertisers hired them for and aren’t getting. Really a lose-lose situation here. ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618/40 "2010-07-04T15:19:52Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > I haven’t been having problems with rubicon, but in case other Canucks are, it looks to me like there might be some country-dependent code in there. When I do a _view source_ I see references to http: //tap- **cdn**.rubiconproject .com (link intentionally broken) so if any Canucks are having problems they might want to put > > 127.0.0.1 tap- **cdn**.rubiconproject.com > > in their hosts file as well [nitpick] **cdn** stands for ‘content distribution network’ in this case, not Canada/ian.[/nitpick] I have not received this popup yet - been browsing about 30 minutes; Chrome/Win7 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-getting-a-pop-up-asking-me-for-a-password/544618.md?page=3)